Update: Added TERF, Womanface, and updated Transgender
There’s a lot of confusion going around as to what words really mean, so here are some simple definitions of a few basic terms.
Ally – One who will tell the truth another may not want to hear
Biology – Study of living organisms
Female – Human capable of being impregnated via sexual activity
Gender – Polite word for sexual distinctiveness of male and female
Male – Human capable of impregnating via sexual activity
Man – Biological adult male
Pronoun – Definable first-, second-, or third-person substitute for a noun
Sex – Biological distinctiveness of male and female
TERF – Truth embracing reality figures
Transgender – Stereotype/caricature of the opposite sex, gatekeepers of the type of person other people are allowed to be attracted to
Transition – Become surgically altered to appear as a gender stereotype
Transman – Woman who lacks self-respect
Transwoman – Guy who lives a lie
Transphobia – Fear of speaking out against the lies and self-deception of harmful reductive stereotypes
Woman – Biological adult female
Womanface – Like blackface, but targets women